History :: This Delphi history document provides concise descriptions of Delphi versions and its history, along with a brief list of features and notes. Find out how Delphi evolved from Pascal to a RAD tool that can help you solve complex development problems not only for Windows but also for iOS (Mac).
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I would be interested to see this article expanded to provide a more critical, in depth analysis of the good and bad aspects of Delphi’s evolution. For instance, why were only the odd numbered releases any good?
I still use Delphi 7 to develop Windows 32 applications. Can anyone explain to me why I would want to update? I may sound like a Luddite but, for me, D7 does everything necessary to produce stand-alone applications for a single user.
Ditto to Mediumspiny.
I also still use Delphi 7, my prior usage being Delphi 4 and Delphi 1.
For single user applications Delphi 7 still does everything I need, and there is still very good support from third party component vendors/writers.
One of the things I like most with “old style” programming is that I can make a single EXE that includes everything (help file, examples, and other resources), which allows for zero installation applications that can be run from a memory stick on just about any Windows (98 and up) computer.
i use delphi 2009 in my compnay
befor this delphi7 for a long time
a bigest problem in delphi7 is that deployed applications does not support unicode
because of it we migrate our huge application to delphi2009 and now we are thinking to delphi xe2 for later